2015-2016 Presented by Trina Lester Luna New York State ELA Test 2015-2016 Presented by Trina Lester Luna

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Test Overview Grade 5 Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 5 reading passages 35 multiple choice questions Reading Standards 3 reading passages 7 multiple choice questions 2 short response questions 1 extended response Writing Standards 5 short response questions Untimed (suggested 90 minutes)

Test Overview-Grade 3&4 Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 4 reading passages 24 multiple choice questions Reading Standards 3 reading passages 7 multiple choice questions 2 short answer questions 1 extended response question Writing Standards 5 short response questions Untimed (suggested 70 minutes)

Reading Genres Literary Informational Fiction Realistic Historical Folktale Fable Myth Letter Play Non-Fiction Biography Autobiography NF story Memoir Personal Narrative Procedural All About Interview Expository with titles, subtitles and without Argumentative Opinion Letters Speech Advertisement Op Ed Feature articles

Test Design Grades 3&4 Grade 5 Literary 3-7 Passages 3-8 Passages Informational

Test Design Concepts Percentage of Test Key Ideas and Details Standards 1, 2, 3) Up to 65% Craft and Structure (Standards 4, 5, 6) Up to 35% Integration of Knowledge and Ideas (Standards 7, 8, 9) Up to 30%

Scoring the Test Multiple Choice Short Answer Extended Response Grades 3&4: 31 questions Grade 5: 42 questions Short Answer Grades 3, 4, 5: 7 questions @ 2 points each Extended Response Grades 3, 4, 5: 2 questions @ 4 points each

Preparing for a Test Reading Starts February 27 (4 weeks) Assessment Based Transfer and apply learning from previous units Maneuver through the test Revisit reading literary and informational texts Week of reading mixed genres Targeted small group instruction based on assessment

Preparing for a Test Writing Starts February 27 Short response Reading and interpreting, making decisions about how to frame extended response questions Drafting and revising extended response questions using rubrics and checklists

What can I do at home? Do not Read often Many genres Read short passages from magazines Have meaningful conversations Longer stretches of time Flexible Problem solving Good night sleep Eat breakfast Keep children calm Do not Allow kids repeated practice making mistakes Read test or test prep passages over and over and answer questions

Magazines Highlights (multi genre) Muse (history, science, arts) Sports Illustrated Kids Time for kids (grade 3-4 edition, grade 5-6 edition) National Geographic Kids (big kid version) American Girl (multi genre) Ranger Rick Stone Soup (literary) Cricket (literary) Appleseeds Cobblestone (Historical) Odyssey (science)

Questions to Ask About Article Fiction Passages Character What kind of person is___? Describe the character’s traits. What are the character’s motivations? How do the character’s traits influence the outcome of the story? How does the character change from the beginning to the end of the story? What are the perspectives of ___ and ___ ( character) in this story? How are they the same or different? Theme What do the characters learn in this story? How do they show that? What is the theme of this story? What are some details that help you know that? Vocabulary-words and phrases What does ___ (word or phrase) mean? What in the story helps you know that? Setting What is the setting? How is it important to this story?

Questions to Ask About Articles Informational Texts Main Idea What is the main idea of this text? How do you know? What details support this main idea? What is the main idea of this part of the text? How do you know? Vocabulary What does ____ (word or phrase) mean in this text? How do you know? Author’s Perspective? Purpose What does the author think about ____ (topic of text)?